WIPO Changed the Amounts of the Individual Fee for India

In accordance with Rule 35(2)(d) of the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has established the following new amounts, in Swiss francs, of the individual fee that is payable when India is designated in an international application, in a designation subsequent to an international registration or in respect of the renewal of an international registration:

ITEMS

Amounts

(in Swiss francs)

Application or

Subsequent

Designation

– for each class of goods or servicesWhere the mark is a collective or certification mark:
– for each class of goods or services

51

144

Renewal

– for each class of goods or servicesWhere the mark is a collective or certification mark:
– for each class of goods or services

72

144

This change took effect on December 7, 2013. Therefore, these amounts will be payable where India

(a) is designated in an international application which is received, or is deemed to have

been received under Rule 11(1)(c), by the Office of origin on or after that date; or

(b) is the subject of a subsequent designation which is received by the Office of the

Contracting Party of the holder on or after that date, or is filed directly with the International

Bureau of WIPO on or after that date; or

(c) has been designated in an international registration which is renewed on or after

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